The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
THE INTERSTATE BILL
PASSED TIE sENATEYEsTERDAY
- By 43 TO Is,
And Now Goes TO the House Where
II May Pass before the 4th
OF March Next.

On motion # Senator Wilson the
House am sndment to the Senate bill
foY boldiag terms of United States
Court in Bay City, Mich, (substituting
Eat Saginaw for Bay Cit vas non
coDcuued in and a conference asked.
Senator Brown, from the Committee
on the District OF Columbis, reported
back, favorably, the House bill TO in.
corporate Trustees Of the Young
Women's Christian Home OF Wash-
inetoD, d. @. Calendar.
Senator ingalls, introduced a bill
granting arrears In certain cases to
those pensiobed by special acts.
Senator Cullom moved to proceed
10 the consideration OF the conference
report on the interata'e commerce
bill. Agreed to, 81 to IL. The nays
were Senators Blair, Cameron, Chace,
Cheney, Frye, Hawley, Hoar, Morrill,,
Sawyer, Swell, Sh rmsn and Spooner
Before taking up the su jet Senator
I,galls offered resolution calling on
the Secretary Of the Interior for in
form alton as to reatjudcat'o on OF phi.
vate lard claims in New Mexico or
ar Song. Adopted.
Senator Sabin introduced a bill to
amend the act Of March 8, 1875, grant
ing to railroads the right of way
through the public lands Of the United
States. Referred.
Senator Sewell, from the Conference
Comm ttee on the bill making an an
nual appropriation to provide arms
and equipments for the militia, made
q report Producing the appropriation
from 100000 to $500, OOO), which was
agreed to.
The Senate then, at l2:40 o'clock,
resumed consideration OF the inter
state commerce bill, and was addressed
by Senator Hoar. The pending legis-
lali9D, he said, was the result OF pop
MAR movement spreading over the last
twenty yeaTs-a movement which had
his hesr,y sympathy and official sup.
port from the beginning, 80 far as 1t
was in favor OF cheap transportation
and OF regulating the conduct OF the
great railroads In those things which
sfect the convenience OF the people.
That was essential TO the very life of
the community to which he belonged.
He did not think that any candid per.
son would question the sincerity OF
the professions OF any Representative
OF q New England State OF his desire
70 accomp ish the professed object OF
this legislation. He had helped, in
1874, to frame the first important bill
on the subject which had passed the
House OF Representatives. The
hill had annnuutaxaI lAo
ton OF the old States rights doctrine,
and OF stric. party vote. And when
he heard, the other day, the Senator
from Kentucky (Mr. Becky charge
those who wanted to make the pend
ing legislation just aud reasonable as
acting in the interests OF the railroads,
he felt like replying to him as the
worthy old deacon replied to the too
Iaalous convert, that he had noticed
that young Christians were a good
deal like bumbebees-much the
larger when FIST Matched. He was
willing 10 20 with the suthor's and
trainers Of the bill 30 far as they had
gone In the protection OF the inter
state trade OF the country; but he OBJ
jeoled 10 two features OF the confer
ence report because he regarded those
features as an attempt to strike down
healthy competition, because he re-
garded them as calculated TO increase.
and not 10 diminish, the BURDENS
which the railroads already laid on
the commerce of the country. And
II this legislation should be defeated
those gentlemen would be responsible
Tor its defeat who would not do all the
good which the bill could accomplish
unless on condition that they we're
also permitted to do what WAS unmis-
lakeably and purely evil.
He denied that the opposition to the
conference report came fom the raj.
road managers; 1t came from men
who were EARNED lest ulder its
operation the rates at which thew
Uese able to do large and profit lble
branches would be raised to the ruin
Df their business. He asserted that
his country had the best, cheapest
and most convenient railroad service
On lhe face OF the globe. He gave
1gures showing the magnitude OF the
IureiRn trade OF Boston, and said that
The objections TO the fourth and fif h
sec tOns OF the bill, was that one 1.-THE
long and short haul tection) would
Destroy the cheapness Of transporta-
lion on which that commerce de-
aud the other 1.-THE pooling
,eotlonl would destroy the steadiness
81 the business by putting 1t out of
he power OF railroads to prevent rail-
'oad war; and tl6t constant fluc ma
ion which was the destruction of a |
rade. He favored the reoommittal OF
The bill.
Senator Sherman said Re desired to
state his reasons for the vote he wnuld
We ON this bill, He bel eyed that no f,
DILL OF its importance had ever had
zach general support, not only among
no peo lie, but ia both houses of CDn.
,reIs. The necessity for i.s passave :
yss greet, made greatsr by the recent ,
Ieclsion otth9 Supreme Court. What
yer might bSve been the differepca !
i opinion in the past, there was uow :
concurrent sentiment amoug all =
lass OF people strongly represented 9
a both housss OF Congress, that there
hould be some general legislation in }
egard 10 interstate commerce. He !
va free to say that il his vote on the ;
III would tend TO defeat it's psssaye :
u tos session, he would vote differ
'n'ly from the way in which he in +
ended 10 vote. But thers was no =
uch ex'g'ncy. The bill WIS in such
N advanced State of cons deration Z
nat, without question, Il would pass =
i the present es,ion ia soma form or
Their II the bill was recommitted. 4
here would be sure to be acton on it,
mere was csrJsly doubt but that the Z
10 oieIeuce Committee W u d report II .
..ack. There was such a pressure OF pub. .
Ic opinion behind 1t that no Confer :
nee Committee could possibly pre- b
ent its passage. 4 ther house could h
t any time withdraw the bill from !;
onterence II the conierees failed 10 :
eIform their duty, but there was no 4
rstense that there was any danger of a
hat hind. THIS bill was something
the nature OF a general appropria7 .
on bill, where an item voted by the
no hc uss and pers silently rejected u
v the q her ahonld h, ,rithJ. = | y